Starlings (Sturnidae)

Asian Glossy Starling (Aplonis panayensis) - HBW 14, p. 720

French: Stourne bronzé German: Malaienstar Spanish: Estornino Bronceado
Other common names: Philippine (Glossy) Starling (panayensis); Indonesian Tree Starling (Indonesian races); Bornean Starling (eustathis and alipodis)

Taxonomy: Muscicapa (panayensis) Scopoli, 1786, nova Guiana; error = Philippines.
Genus name sometimes given as Aplornis (see page 659). Many races defined primarily according to size differences based on small samples, and require reassessment; some doubtfully distinct, e.g. leptorrhyncha perhaps better merged with pachistorhina. Fourteen subspecies currently recognized.

Subspecies and Distribution:

affinis ( Blyth, 1846) - NE India (S Assam), Bangladesh and SW Myanmar.
tytleri ( Hume, 1873) - Coco Is (off S Myanmar), Andaman Is, and N Nicobars (Car Nicobar).
albiris Abdulali, 1967 - C & S Nicobars.

See all 14 subspecies

affinis ( Blyth, 1846) - NE India (S Assam), Bangladesh and SW Myanmar.
tytleri ( Hume, 1873) - Coco Is (off S Myanmar), Andaman Is, and N Nicobars (Car Nicobar).
albiris Abdulali, 1967 - C & S Nicobars.
strigata ( Horsfield, 1821) - S Myanmar (Tenasserim), S Thailand, Peninsular Malaysia, Singapore, Sumatra (including most satellites), Java and W Borneo.
altirostris ( Salvadori, 1887) - Simeluë, Banyak Is and Nias I (off NW Sumatra).
leptorrhyncha Stresemann, 1913 - Pini I, in N Batu Is (off W Sumatra).
pachistorhina ( Oberholser, 1912) - Batu Is (except Pini) and Mentawai Is (off W Sumatra).
enganensis ( Salvadori, 1892) - Enggano I, off SW Sumatra.
heterochlora ( Oberholser, 1917) - Anamba Is and Natuna Is, between Malay Peninsula and Borneo.
panayensis ( Scopoli, 1786) - Philippine Is and N Sulawesi.
sanghirensis ( Salvadori, 1876) - Talaud Is and islands of Sangihe, Siau, Ruang, Tahulandang and Biaro (off NE tip of Sulawesi).
eustathis ( Oberholser, 1926) - E Borneo.
alipodis ( Oberholser, 1926) - Panjang, Maratau and Derawan, off E Borneo.
gusti Stresemann, 1913 - Bali.